324 No Doubt! (1/2)
Old Mu said, ”Young master is right.”
”It looks like this Yun Yang is treating me sincerely. I guess this chap is not that bad after all.”
Lei Dongtian pondered about this a bit more before saying, ”There’s no doubt about it. Everything points towards a phony Supreme Wind – he’s a piece for the Four Seasons Tower’s chess game!”
Old Mu was stumped at the sudden statement. How did his master come to such an abrupt conclusion?
Lei Dongtian continued his explanation, ”From that inference, it can be said that the Four Seasons Tower intends to focus their attack on me!”
Despite the ominous words, there was a chilling glint in his gaze.
Old Mu was growing increasingly confused.
Where were these ideas coming from? How did it suddenly become a personal issue for you?
”The question is why is the Four Seasons Tower targeting me? Since they’ve done so, there must be a reason but what could that possibly be?”
Lei Dongtian thought hard and said, ”Is it possible that knowledge of my trip here has fallen into the hands of some dastardly party? Someone who doesn’t want me to cultivate the Seven Emotions Praxis? Perhaps that person is using the Four Seasons Tower to stop me, just like how I’ve tempted the Ji and Yue Family?”
”If it were the other families who wanted to point their crosshairs at me, they would leave their tracks, no matter who they've sent. After all, the Bound of Universe’s cultivation methods is clearly distinct from that of the Tianxuan Continent’s. As such, they can only use this current location’s combat power.”
”The Four Seasons Tower is without a doubt the strongest force in these parts. Yes, it all makes sense now.”
Lei Dongtian murmured to himself as he slowly went over the matter. Since he was already biased, his mind led him to put all the blame on the Four Seasons Tower.
Old Mu was still stupefied!
Bewildered, he was puzzled as to how his young master could be so sure in his conviction against the Four Seasons Tower. He said stoically, ”Young lord, should we not test this theory further?”
Lei Dongtian replied confidently, ”There is no need. I understand everything now! One is able to know the whole picture just by looking from a corner; besides, we have so much evidence. Why is there a need for further verification?”
So much evidence?
Old Mu felt his mind spinning, trying to put it all together. Could it be like what his young master said – his mind was as dense as a log?
Lei Dongtian glanced at Old Mu like he knew what the latter was thinking. It spurred a sense of superiority in terms of intelligence. This old man was still so stumped over something which was so crystal-clear…
Have you wasted all these years of living? Or do you really have a log of a brain?
”Have we not proven the truth of Yun Yang’s words?” Lei Dongtian said, ”As long as what Yun Yang said wasn’t false, then it’s justifiable that the Supreme Wind is an impostor.”
”I guess that's true.”
”Since this Supreme Wind is a phony, then who does he belong to? Who else would dare don this disguise other than the Four Seasons Tower?”
”Right!”
”The only one who would dare to go against Yutang’s imperial court and have possession of the Nine Supremes’ various manifestation cultivation methods must be the Four Seasons Tower, the party behind the Nine Supremes' annihilation. The various manifestation cultivation methods that Supreme Wind has shown proves that he must be from the Four Seasons Tower, right?”
”Yes.”
”How long has it been since I came out to find my wives and my cauldrons?”
”I believe it to be about four to five months. If there were to be contacted, would it have dragged for so long?”
”The reason they didn’t ambush us a few months prior to this is probably because they haven’t been contacted yet. After all, our tracks were concealed and it's almost as if we have yet to enter this part of the world.”
”Put in that manner, it does seem rather logical.”
”Seem? It is the truth!” Lei Dongtian said in exasperation, ”When they were finally contacted, they carried out the ambush against us. What’s more, the Four Seasons Tower’s men must have guessed that our background is unusual and didn’t plan to go head to head with us. That’s why Supreme Wind was the one to strike, kidnapping the girls and spiriting them away with the wind!”
”If they weren't targeting me, why would they take the two women away?”
”In the eyes of the public, Supreme Wind is on Yutang’s side, it can easily deceive and disrupt my investigation! Isn’t this so?”
”In fact, if we hadn't found Yun Yang and gained his trust, before finding out Supreme Wind’s real identity, we would be having a tough time to get to the bottom of this!”
”Besides, we could have gone the wrong way and made a ruckus at the Empire of Yutang – tormenting the empire for nothing while the Four Seasons Tower watches the farce from the sidelines!”
”Ultimately, our efforts would have been futile, and we wouldn't even have been able to find the true culprit.”
Comprehension began to dawn on Old Mu and he said, ”Yes… that is reasonable.”
”Going back to the beginning, since the other party decided to seize the ladies at the last moment, what reason could there be if not to target me?”
”Young master’s words ring true.”
”Why would Supreme Wind’s true associate, the Four Seasons Tower, pin me down? The Four Seasons Tower doesn’t even know who I am, why would they go against me? It stands to reason that they already know who I am.” Lei Dongtian analyzed the situation wisely.
”Only the Four Seasons Tower can afford such a big operation; the cost of the men they've sent should be rather substantial. I believe they would only use the best.”
”Young master is right.”
”So, there must be something else behind this! The only explanation for it is that our whereabouts have been exposed! Someone doesn’t want me to advance in cultivation, so they’ve conspired with the Four Seasons Tower to arrange a series of attacks against us while snatching away our cauldrons; that would be best and most effective tactic to stop me!”
”The ultimate conclusion is that this is a conspiracy against me!”
Lei Dongtian’s expression was dark. ”However, we still don’t know which family has plotted all these.”